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songerein_ooc2023-01-15 03:13 pm
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A Quest for Permanent Residency in Songerein
SO WHO WANTS TO STAY IN SONGEREIN PERMANENTLY?
Probably not that many, but there may be a few who hold some interest. But before I do that, I gotta do the mod disclosure:
So as mentioned in Eustace's journal post, he's wondering if there are any others who would like to be involved. And that leads to me asking who those players are! As mentioned in the OOC note, I'll use other characters and players to help develop the actual method, be it needing to fulfill a certain objective or finding a special, magical object. This way the end result will feel more organic and really feel like something the characters worked hard towards.
No real restrictions on who sign up, though I would prefer those who hold legitimate interest and plan to stay in the game long term for this endeavor to comment. Everyone else can of course help them without any need to sign-up! I may also think of ways for general help, too. Those who have an actual stake in this may also receive more worthwhile clues, as one component to this will be strong desires to stay, so that will be incorporated in this.
So if you're ready to sign-up, comment here! You can freely post and discuss things directly to the entry. Suggestions for either the quest or how we should handle permanent characters on an OOC front are welcome.
Late edit: Just a quick note that there's no real hard "deadline" for sign-ups. While I would prefer to have a list of definite volunteers by the end of the month, anyone can join in even after things have started. Whether or not I can fit a special clue or something for late participants is not guaranteed, but I'll try!
Probably not that many, but there may be a few who hold some interest. But before I do that, I gotta do the mod disclosure:
Permanent residency is not that common in DWRP games for practical reasons—if a game is still ongoing and a player drops but the character remains, is that character now banned from being reapped? Or will they become an AU'ed NPC version that just exists in the background? EXCELLENT QUESTIONS that do affect the end result of this.
Which is why this is a quest that will span over several months and while the details are still being hashed out, I have a pretty good idea of what the IC and OOC end requirements will be. It won't be an easy "joined last month, now I want to be a permanent resident" deal—actual approval and various different proofs and show of long term commitment will be required whenever this becomes live, which could be closer to the end of 2023. By then I will have also decided on how "permanent characters" will be handled. I can at least say that whenever Song does reach "endgame," characters will have a guaranteed option to stay in the world, so this won't go against whatever plans on that front (and to be clear we're not near endgame, I'm just throwing that out there for transparency).
Of course, failure is an option, but it would be nice to give characters a happy ending they wish for.
Although this entry is for sign-ups, players are welcome to add suggestions, questions, and concerns, too.
So as mentioned in Eustace's journal post, he's wondering if there are any others who would like to be involved. And that leads to me asking who those players are! As mentioned in the OOC note, I'll use other characters and players to help develop the actual method, be it needing to fulfill a certain objective or finding a special, magical object. This way the end result will feel more organic and really feel like something the characters worked hard towards.
No real restrictions on who sign up, though I would prefer those who hold legitimate interest and plan to stay in the game long term for this endeavor to comment. Everyone else can of course help them without any need to sign-up! I may also think of ways for general help, too. Those who have an actual stake in this may also receive more worthwhile clues, as one component to this will be strong desires to stay, so that will be incorporated in this.
So if you're ready to sign-up, comment here! You can freely post and discuss things directly to the entry. Suggestions for either the quest or how we should handle permanent characters on an OOC front are welcome.
Late edit: Just a quick note that there's no real hard "deadline" for sign-ups. While I would prefer to have a list of definite volunteers by the end of the month, anyone can join in even after things have started. Whether or not I can fit a special clue or something for late participants is not guaranteed, but I'll try!
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Character: Zelda
Reason for Joining: Zelda is genuinely happy in Song in a way she never was in her home world. Privately, she wants to stay here and never go home. However, she also feels obligated to go home because her real self is performing a very important duty.
Suggestions: Zelda has had this long-running theory that all of the dreamwalkers' bodies are made purely from dreamotion and that this could somehow be used to stay in the dreamworld. She'd also consider if it's possible to sever the connection between someone's dream self and real self without adversely effecting either. She'd want to know if it's possible for this version of herself to say in Song while her real self stays in Hyrule and does her duty and all that.
Questions: Zelda is ICly conflicted on whether she would want to stay or not. Can I still participate, not knowing what she's ultimately going to decide? Can a character ICly opt out after they've already been participating in this quest?
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